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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 1to1 Energy Open
June 17 - 21, 2003

(19) Chiaki Kusuhara/Ryo Tokuno, Japan

Chiaki Kusuhara
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 1, 1975 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ehime

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

120

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Klagenfurt 2002)

Career Winnings:

US$170,315.00

Ryo Tokuno
Japan

Photo: Carl Schneider

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 27, 1974 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ehime

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Klagenfurt 2002)

Career Winnings:

US$102,065.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	10	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	64	0	0	0	1	2	0	5	1	4	24	15	4	5	3	US$170,930.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,000.00
Overall	65	0	0	0	2	2	0	5	1	4	24	15	4	5	3	US$172,930.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	Ryo Tokuno - 13th	Chiaki Kusuhara - 13th
2001	Ryo Tokuno - 17th	Chiaki Kusuhara - 17th
2002	Ryo Tokuno - 25th	Chiaki Kusuhara - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/11-15/2003	Hellas Open	14	25th	30	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/17-22/2002	Brazil Open	14	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2002	China Open	10	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Japan Open	11	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2002	Austria Grand Slam	21	4th	280	US$12,100.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Hellas Open	24	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2002	France Grand Slam	23	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/9-13/2002	Canada Open	14	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2002	Norway Open	17	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2002	Switzerland Open	18	25th	30	US$1,650.00

Switzerland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/19/2003	Pool C	Shelda Bede / Adriana Behar, Brazil (3)	Lost 12-21, 15-21	0:38
Thu, 6/19/2003	Pool C	Guylaine Dumont / Annie Martin, Canada (30, Q24)	Won 21-17, 14-21, 15-13	0:53
Fri, 6/20/2003	Pool C	Carrie Dodd / Leanne McSorley, United States (14)	Lost 8-21, 19-21	0:35

Head to Head Results
Kusuhara/Tokuno trail the series against the field 12-30 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 12 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 McPeak/Youngs, United States 0-3
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	McPeak/Youngs	4	Kusuhara/Tokuno	21	21-17, 21-15	0:39
7/31/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool D	McPeak/Youngs	4	Kusuhara/Tokuno	21	21-18, 21-14	0:36
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	McPeak/Youngs	4	Kusuhara/Tokuno	14	21-15, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 2 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-7
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool B	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23	21-13, 21-14	0:34
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	17	21-7, 21-13	0:31
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool B	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	18	21-17, 21-12	0:36
6/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	15	21-12, 21-11	0:42
8/25/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	3	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23	21-11, 21-14	0:34
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	7	Kusuhara/Tokuno	26	21-13, 21-15	0:38
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	6	Kusuhara/Tokuno	27	21-14, 26-24	0:27
Trail the series against # 3 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-5
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool C	Bede/Behar	3	Kusuhara/Tokuno	19	21-12, 21-15	0:38
9/19/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool C	Bede/Behar	3	Kusuhara/Tokuno	14	21-13, 21-12	0:32
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Bede/Behar	2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	21	18-21, 21-19, 17-15	1:04
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool A	Bede/Behar	1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	17	21-9, 21-12	0:32
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Bede/Behar	1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	30	21-14, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 7 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-2
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Kadijk/Leenstra	3	Kusuhara/Tokuno	14	21-17, 21-15	0:39
8/9/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool F	Kadijk/Leenstra	6	Kusuhara/Tokuno	11	21-18, 18-21, 15-9	0:55
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 3	Kusuhara/Tokuno	21	Kadijk/Leenstra	20	21-18, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 8 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 0-2
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 1	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22, Q1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	27	21-14, 22-20	0:39
7/19/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Karadassiou/Sfyri	26	Kusuhara/Tokuno	Q16	15-9	0:30
Trail the series against # 11 Tian/Wang, China 0-1
8/16/02	FIVB	China Open	Pool G	Tian/Wang	7	Kusuhara/Tokuno	10	17-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 14 Dodd/McSorley, United States 0-2
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool C	Dodd/McSorley	14	Kusuhara/Tokuno	19	21-8, 21-19	0:35
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool B	Dodd/McSorley	15, Q9	Kusuhara/Tokuno	18	25-23, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # 15 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
9/20/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool C	Glesnes/Maaseide	19	Kusuhara/Tokuno	14	21-12, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 16 Pohl/Rau, Germany 1-2
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool A	Kusuhara/Tokuno	17	Pohl/Rau	16	21-18, 21-19	0:37
9/2/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 4	Pohl/Rau	11	Kusuhara/Tokuno	16	21-17, 21-19	0:36
8/11/01	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 3	Pohl/Rau	16	Kusuhara/Tokuno	10	25-23, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 18 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czech Republic 1-0
8/31/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	16	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	9	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 20 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-1
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 2	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	8	Kusuhara/Tokuno	24	18-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:55
Lead the series against # 22 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 2-1
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kusuhara/Tokuno	21	Bruschini/Solazzi	14	12-21, 21-16, 20-18	1:01
8/24/01	FIVB	Hong Kong Open	Winner 2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23	Bruschini/Solazzi	7	21-15, 15-21, 15-12	0:46
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	Kusuhara/Tokuno	21	21-12, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # 23 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-0
9/1/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 2	Kusuhara/Tokuno	16	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	12	21-19, 22-24, 18-16	0:59
Lead the series against # 24 Gerlic/Lochowicz, Australia 1-0
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool C	Kusuhara/Tokuno	14	Gerlic/Lochowicz	19	21-13, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 28, Q13 Augoustides/Claasen, Germany 1-0
8/9/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool F	Kusuhara/Tokuno	11	Augoustides/Claasen	27, Q20	26-24, 21-19	0:51
Lead the series against # 30, Q24 Dumont/Martin, Canada 1-0
6/19/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool C	Kusuhara/Tokuno	19	Dumont/Martin	30, Q24	21-17, 14-21, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against Boileau/Morin, Canada 1-0
8/16/02	FIVB	China Open	Pool G	Kusuhara/Tokuno	10	Boileau/Morin	26, Q6	21-13, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # Q5 Wang/You, China 0-1
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Wang/You	19	Kusuhara/Tokuno	14	17-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:53
Series tied with # Q8 Ikauniece/Minusa, Latvia 1-1
9/19/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool C	Kusuhara/Tokuno	14	Ikauniece/Minusa	30	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:48
7/26/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool H	Ikauniece/Minusa	25, Q11	Kusuhara/Tokuno	24	21-13, 16-21, 15-10	0:51
Trail the series against # Q11 Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou, Greece 0-1
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool C	Arvaniti/Koutroumanidou	30	Kusuhara/Tokuno	14	28-26, 21-11	0:45
Lead the series against # Q25 Arjona/Kadjo, France 1-0
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool B	Kusuhara/Tokuno	23	Arjona/Kadjo	47	17-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:58